Piezoelectric bone stimulation: should we move closer to nature?

• Autor(es): Reis, Joana ; Frias, Clara ; Capela-Silva, Fernando ; Potes, José ; Simões, José ; Torres Marques, António
• Data: 2010
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2763
• Origem: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Assunto(s): Bone; piezoelectric actuator; mechanical stimulation
• Tipo de Documento: Palestra
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

The aim of this work was to experimentally validate the use of piezoelectric materials as a mean of directly straining bone cells by converse piezoelectric effect.